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Kershaw knives have come out of Tualatin, Oregon since 1974, and the company now produces over a million knives a year with multiple Blade Show Knife of the Year awards to show for it. The Kershaw catalog runs from budget-friendly everyday carry folders to USA-made autos and MagnaCut premium models, built on a reputation for delivering more knife than the price suggests.
The partnership with custom maker Ken Onion transformed the brand. His SpeedSafe assisted opening mechanism, introduced in 1998, uses a torsion bar that holds the blade closed until a thumb stud or flipper starts the opening, then springs it the rest of the way. It powers the slim Kershaw Leek, the tactical Kershaw Blur, and the modern Kershaw Iridium, with the full lineup collected under Kershaw assisted opening knives. The Ken Onion collection gathers his designs in one place, and the Rick Hinderer designed Kershaw Cryo brings framelock overtravel protection to an entry price point.
The USA-made Kershaw Launch series covers push-button deployment from the compact Launch 4 to full-size folders like the Launch 1 and Launch 21, running CPM 154 and CPM MagnaCut blades in anodized aluminum. The Kershaw Livewire extends the same American production to out-the-front deployment with a MagnaCut spear point.
Beyond folders, Kershaw builds fixed blade knives for field and outdoor work, and the Lucha leads its butterfly knives as one of the most accessible quality balisongs in production. The Kershaw-Emerson collaboration puts Ernest Emerson's wave-opening feature on production knives at a fraction of custom pricing.
Steel selection follows purpose and price. Entry models run 8Cr13MoV or 420HC, mid-range knives carry D2 or Sandvik 14C28N, a steel developed at Kershaw's request, and premium releases run CPM 154, S35VN, or CPM MagnaCut in the Kershaw Bel Air and recent Leek variants. Every Kershaw knife is backed by a Limited Lifetime Warranty that includes free sharpening and replacement parts for customers in the USA, Canada, and Mexico.
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